Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-23
JACKS0N'S WAR HORSE
sTONEwALLS LITTLE OLD soRREL
BACK IN RICHMOND.
Eeis FRESH from the Taxidermists Hands
and Looks Almost as Natural
Is Life.

Old Sorrel, Geacral Stonewall jack
sons war-horse, which has J e,i in the
hands Of Washington taxiaermist Mr..
T. S. webster siuce his death, reached
here yesterday morning and WAS plicod
in the carriage.house OF Nessrs George
A. AiDslie ~ Son. on Tenth street below
Main. Mr. Webster diih! work finely.
aud the hose looks rs well as he ever
dill il life.
TIE MOUNTING.
Oh Scrrel is mounted on q rock OF
moss green color. and stands on all
foLrs. The front legs ore together. The
lci' hind h.. however, iaas behind TIC
riult IN an upuatItiM manner. With
thc exception 90 this tho pose Is correct
and gric-ml lhr erect position Of the
hrud nui the prickc,i-up ear, give u
startled, listening position. as if While
griziug he had heard some unusual, un-
expected s1uui.
TIE EoEeE's HIsrONY.
OF Old Sorrei's early history nothing
is known. Re WIS one OF carload OF
United States horses captured 10y the
ConiedCratce. GDd was bought by Gen
cral Jackson from his ch'c. quarter
mss.cr, MAJOR John g. HUmin. The
price pad was about $40. The horse
was lUt fifteen hands and one inch
high, but though uudersiz,d WAS com
pact and hardy, ani moved very quicaly
and was remarkably gentle. 1t that
time, soon after thc first battle OF Ma
masses, the prevalent opinion was that
the war would socn end, and Jac5son's
idea was that the horse would serve him
in the army and would then 20 for q
riding-horSe for his wife.
NAMED FAycY.
When General Jackson was a lieuten-
aut in the United States army and sta
toned at Fort Hamilton. New York, he
owned a horse named Fancy, and was
very much attached 20 him, and 50 he
named the little souel after him.
Jackson said oi the little sorrcl, which
afterwards came to be called Old
Sorrel, that he had never known a
horse Of easier gait. - seat on him
was" he said, "iikc being rocked in Il
cradle Fancy never was a stylish
horse, but though jackson had two fine
mounts Superior, magnificent bay,
presented him by the people OF Augusta,
and Big Sorrel-Fancy he loved best
and trusted most. for the little animal
was rapid and hardy aud was as calm
under fire as the man who rode him
A peculiarity about this tough little
horse often noticed and commented
upon by the soldiers was that on a
march when a stop was made and
jackson dismounted thelit sorrel would
lie down like a dog
THROUGH MANY BATTLES.
Jackson rode the little scrrel through
the Romney campaign was on him at
Kernstown, Mcdowell, Port Republic,
Winchester, and Cross Keys. Mounted
on him he appeared at the head Of his
division when, like a thunderbolt from a
clear sky, he swept down upon
McClellens right at Cold Harbor in
1862. He did not ride him in Maryland,
but he rode him at Fredericksburg, and
finally at Charlottesville, and on the
little sorrel he received his death-wound.
Is GREEN FIELDS
His master dead, Little Sorrel was
sent to Mrs. Jackson's home, near Char
lottesville, where he was tenderly cared.
There he was kept for many years
Finally in response to requests he was
sent to the Virginia Military Institute.
When the New Orleans Exposition
began Mrs. jackson permitted him to
be exhibited there for the benefit of the
Soldiers Home.
Coming back from New Orleans he
was placed at the Soldiers Home, and
there died March II, 1886. On the 18th
Mr.. Webster arrived here and the body
was placed in his hands for the work
which he has now done.
HIS PRESENT LOCATION.
The horse will remain where he is
though not on exhibition-until the
building at the Soldiers Home in which
he is to be kept is finished.